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and members were asked to arrange their replies under 

 the heads given. It is to be feared that this request was 

 taken too hterally by some, at any rate ; for many of the 

 repHes are severely tabular, and hardly take the form of a 

 continuous, succinct narrative, such as would be best 

 suited for transference verbatim to the pages of the 

 Proceedings. 



THE CHIEF POINTS ON WHICH 



INFORMATION RESPECTING THE EARTHQUAKE 



IS DESIRED 



(FORMULATED BY DR C. DAVISON, F.G.S.) 



I. — Name of the place where the shock was felt. 



2. — Situation of the observer . (a) Whether indoors (and on which 

 floor of the house) or in open air ; (b) How occupied at the 

 moment of the shock. 



3. — Time at which the shock was felt ; if possible, to the nearest 

 minute. 



4. — Nature of the shock : (a) Was any tremulous motion felt before 

 the principal vibrations, and for how many seconds ? (b) 

 How many principal or prominent vibrations were felt, and 

 for how many seconds did they last ? (c) Was any 

 tremulous motion felt after the principal vibrations, and for 

 how many seconds? (d) Did the movement gradually 

 increase in intensity and then die away, or were there two 

 or more maxima of intensity or series of vibrations ; and, if 

 so, what was the interval between them, and the order of 

 their intensity ? (e) Were the principal vibrations strongest 

 near the beginning, the middle, or the end of the series ? 

 (f) Was any vertical motion perceptible, and, it so, was the 

 movement first upward and then downward, or vice versa? 



5. — Duration of the shock in seconds, not including that of the 

 accompanying sound. 



